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How to ensure draft amnesties remain consistent with international law
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2009
Amnesties are now regulated by a substantial body of international law that sets limits on their permissible scope. This publication is designed as a tool to help develop sustainable institutional capacity within United Nations m...
Strategies for bringing women into government
T. Whitman; J. Gomez / Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2009
Involvement of women in peace processes brings skills, attributes, and perspectives to government processes. Post conflict governments that have involved women have tended to build governance systems which are stable and transparent. ...
Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations
N. Boesen / EuropeAid Co-operation Office, 2008
Ensuring sustainable results with sector aid and sector programmes can be a challenge as a result of governance constraints within the sector. The importance of addressing governance weaknesses at sector level is increasingly rec...
A summary guide to monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW
J. Hukerby (ed); L. Kytola; N. Alami / United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2008
The adoption of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by the United Nations in 1979 and subsequent ratification by 185 countries has broad implications on state obligations. State parties t...
Decentralised disaster risk management training
Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2009
The concept of decentralised disaster risk management (DDRM) derives its insights from community-based disaster management (CBDM) in South Asia. As well as community ownership and leadership in risk reduction activities, the...
Producing internationally comparable statistics on the information economy
United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Develo, 2009
The demand for statistics on information and communication technologies (ICT) is continuously increasing as more countries seek to design, monitor and review national policies. This manual has been prepared to assist developing e...
Gathering data on children in formal care
D. Swales (ed); N. McMillan (ed) / Child Rights Information Network, 2009
Without data on the situation of children in care, it is difficult for local child welfare authorities and national governments to monitor progress in preventing separation, promoting re-unification and ensuring the provisio...
Integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions
UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2009
Poverty-environment mainstreaming is the process that aims at integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions. This handbook has been designed to provide step-by-step guidance on ...
Conducting social audits on the Kenyan Constituency Development Fund
W. Gikonyo / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2009
A social audit seeks to evaluate how well public resources are being used and how to improve performance and aims to ensure maximum community participation in this process. The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was introduced i...
Measuring and tracking the performance of local governments in Indonesia
World Bank Research, 2008
Indonesia has been transformed from a highly centralised country into one of the most decentralised countries. Since 2001, local governments (LGs) have become the main drivers of public service delivery, and have had to dramatically e...
Items 11 to 20 of 73

Items 11 to 20 of 73

How to ensure draft amnesties remain consistent with international law
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2009
Amnesties are now regulated by a substantial body of international law that sets limits on their permissible scope. This publication is designed as a tool to help develop sustainable institutional capacity within United Nations m...
Strategies for bringing women into government
T. Whitman; J. Gomez / Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2009
Involvement of women in peace processes brings skills, attributes, and perspectives to government processes. Post conflict governments that have involved women have tended to build governance systems which are stable and transparent. ...
Analysing and addressing governance in sector operations
N. Boesen / EuropeAid Co-operation Office, 2008
Ensuring sustainable results with sector aid and sector programmes can be a challenge as a result of governance constraints within the sector. The importance of addressing governance weaknesses at sector level is increasingly rec...
A summary guide to monitoring government budgets for compliance with CEDAW
J. Hukerby (ed); L. Kytola; N. Alami / United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2008
The adoption of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) by the United Nations in 1979 and subsequent ratification by 185 countries has broad implications on state obligations. State parties t...
Decentralised disaster risk management training
Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2009
The concept of decentralised disaster risk management (DDRM) derives its insights from community-based disaster management (CBDM) in South Asia. As well as community ownership and leadership in risk reduction activities, the...
Producing internationally comparable statistics on the information economy
United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Develo, 2009
The demand for statistics on information and communication technologies (ICT) is continuously increasing as more countries seek to design, monitor and review national policies. This manual has been prepared to assist developing e...
Gathering data on children in formal care
D. Swales (ed); N. McMillan (ed) / Child Rights Information Network, 2009
Without data on the situation of children in care, it is difficult for local child welfare authorities and national governments to monitor progress in preventing separation, promoting re-unification and ensuring the provisio...
Integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions
UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative, 2009
Poverty-environment mainstreaming is the process that aims at integrating the linkages between the environment and poverty reduction processes and institutions. This handbook has been designed to provide step-by-step guidance on ...
Conducting social audits on the Kenyan Constituency Development Fund
W. Gikonyo / Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2009
A social audit seeks to evaluate how well public resources are being used and how to improve performance and aims to ensure maximum community participation in this process. The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was introduced i...
Measuring and tracking the performance of local governments in Indonesia
World Bank Research, 2008
Indonesia has been transformed from a highly centralised country into one of the most decentralised countries. Since 2001, local governments (LGs) have become the main drivers of public service delivery, and have had to dramatically e...
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